Rodewald: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, WG Rodewald became the largest group on the council of Rodewald with 29.6% (4 of 13 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rodewald with 30.1% of the second votes, SPD took 23.0%.
- Turnout71.1% · Nienburg (Weser) (Wkr. 033, 040) 82.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,436 of 2,020 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +4.5 · Grüne −3.5 · CDU +2.0
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency40 Nienburg II – Schaumburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Rodewald
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Rodewald, as of 15.09.2026 12:44. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWG Rodewald 29.6% · 4 of 13 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilWG SG Steimbke 28.6% in the Samtgemeinde Steimbke
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde SteimbkeCDU 33.0%
- Turnout68.2% · district council election 70.0%
- WG Rodewald29.6% · 4 seats
- CDU23.8% · 3 seats
- Göbel, Einzelwahlvorschlag Stefan Göbel17.2%
- SPD16.9% · 2 seats
Turnout 68.2% · 2,138 eligible voters · 13 seats · Preliminary result · 4 of 4 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Steimbke, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 12:44. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032565407/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Steimbke
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Steimbke, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 20 seats
- WG SG Steimbke28.6% · 6 seats
- CDU24.1% · 5 seats
- AfD16.2% · 3 seats
- SPD12.0% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE7.9% · 2 seats
- Kleipsties, Einzelwahlvorschlag Niklas Kleipsties4.6%
- Göbel, Einzelwahlvorschlag Stefan Göbel4.5%
- FDP2.1%
Turnout 70.3% · 6,033 eligible voters · 20 seats · Preliminary result · 14 of 14 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Steinbrecher, Einzelwahlvorschlag60.5%
- Bartels, CDU39.5%
Turnout 70.4% · 6,033 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 14 of 14 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Steimbke, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Steimbke
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Nienburg (Weser) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU33.0%
- WG22.3%
- AfD17.6%
- SPD11.1%
Turnout 70.0% · 6,052 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Duensing, Einzelwahlvorschlag Duensing32.6%
- Seebode, CDU31.6%
- Schiemann, AfD20.0%
- Franke, Einzelwahlvorschlag Franke15.8%
Turnout 70.0% · 6,052 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
Second votes in Rodewald
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.1%+2.0
- SPD23.0%±0
- AfD22.3%+4.5
- Grüne8.0%-3.5
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- FDP3.6%-0.5
- BSW2.7%-1.1
- Freie Wähler1.9%+1.1
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others1.7%-0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 431 | 30.1% | 28.2% | 28.1% (+2.0) | 22.6% (+7.5) |
| SPD | 329 | 23.0% | 23.4% | 23.0% (±0) | 16.4% (+6.6) |
| AfD | 319 | 22.3% | 21.2% | 17.8% (+4.5) | 20.8% (+1.5) |
| Grüne | 114 | 8.0% | 9.1% | 11.5% (-3.5) | 11.6% (-3.6) |
| Linke | 89 | 6.2% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| FDP | 51 | 3.6% | 3.7% | 4.1% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.7) |
| BSW | 38 | 2.7% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-1.1) | 5.0% (-2.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 27 | 1.9% | 1.6% | 0.8% (+1.1) | – |
| Volt | 10 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 24 | 1.7% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.5) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including the postal-vote districts assigned to it. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Steimbke: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Steimbke are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Rodewald. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rodewald only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,020 postal voters, which is 20.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.9%
- Voters4,932 of 5,812 eligible voters
- Postal vote share20.7% · 1,020
- Member municipalities4
- CDU30.9%+0.8
- SPD21.6%-1.4
- AfD21.0%-1.3
- Grüne9.4%+1.4
- Linke5.4%-0.8
- FDP3.8%+0.2
- BSW3.3%+0.6
- Freie Wähler2.1%+0.2
- Volt0.7%±0
- Others1.9%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rodewald.
| Party | Polling station Rodewald | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Steimbke total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 431 (30.1%) | 359 (35.2%) | 1,523 | 30.9% |
| SPD | 329 (23.0%) | 230 (22.5%) | 1,064 | 21.6% |
| AfD | 319 (22.3%) | 147 (14.4%) | 1,034 | 21.0% |
| Grüne | 114 (8.0%) | 121 (11.9%) | 461 | 9.4% |
| Linke | 89 (6.2%) | 43 (4.2%) | 265 | 5.4% |
| FDP | 51 (3.6%) | 34 (3.3%) | 185 | 3.8% |
| BSW | 38 (2.7%) | 32 (3.1%) | 161 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 27 (1.9%) | 13 (1.3%) | 102 | 2.1% |
| Volt | 10 (0.7%) | 8 (0.8%) | 32 | 0.7% |
| Others | 24 (1.7%) | 33 (3.2%) | 94 | 1.9% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Rodewald: location in the Nienburg (Weser) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rodewald highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Steimbke shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Nienburg (Weser) (Wkr. 033, 040)
- Nienburg (Weser)SPD 24.1%
- Rehburg-LoccumCDU 27.2%
- Steyerberg, FleckenCDU 30.0%
- StolzenauAfD 31.3%
- Briefwahl SG MittelweserCDU 31.9%
- Briefwahl SG Grafschaft HoyaCDU 28.7%
- Briefwahl SG UchteCDU 36.4%
- MarkloheCDU 29.7%
- Briefwahl SG Weser-AueCDU 31.7%
- Uchte, FleckenCDU 31.2%
- Diepenau, FleckenCDU 36.9%
- HoyaSPD 25.7%